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The Ponderosa, 1970

When things were going great in the 1980s, there were some 800 Ponderosa and Bonanza steakhouses in the U.S. and Canada.

They’re now the same outfit, having merged in 1997 after hardship and several bankruptcies. Bonanza, founded by Dan Blocker, Hoss himself, shrank to 23 locations from 200, and Ponderosa, started by a Kokomo Oldsmobile dealer, is down from 600 to 200 outlets — the Lancaster location being a recent casualty.

But the food was pretty good, and the prices in this E-G ad from April 3, 1970, seem low even when adjusted for inflation.